Midnight Heights by S.J (classic romance novels txt) 📖

could see why everybody feared her, even Mr. Roman seemed to. I knew that she was hiding something that she didn't want any of us to know about and it clearly pissed her off when ever someone tried to find out what it is that she's hiding.

I looked at Emily who looked sort of confused.

"What rule did Anthony break exactly?" She asked.


Allie shrugged. "I'm not sure but I think it's best if we find out."

I laughed and then shook my head. "No way, Allie. I am not going to get on Leona's bad side, especially after what I had to witness."

"I think it's a great idea." Emily said, grinning so big that I could see every single tooth in her mouth.

I looked at both of them as if they were completely crazy, and they were. Clearly it was forbidden here at Midnight Heights to go against what Leona wanted and to break the rules that she has given. Did these two learn nothing? Did they not see the horrible pain Anthony went through just because he broke one little rule? Allie and Emily were clearly in over their heads to think that we would actually follow down the path that got Anthony beaten nearly to death.

"No way." I mumbled again.


"Come on, Criss. Since when have you let the word "no" stop you? I don't care how scary Leona may be, we need answers." Emily said.


She was right, we did need answers, but I wasn't sure if this was the way to get them. Was it really worth the risk of getting ourselves into trouble or even worse? Just a week ago I would've jumped to the opportunity to do something a little reckless even if it meant harming myself in the process, but now I wasn't so sure if that was the right thing to do anymore.

"Your sister's right Crystal. Leona may be a force to be reckoned with, but I'm willing to wreck with that force if it means finding out what could possibly harm us in the near future." Allie pointed out.

I took in a deep breath. Allie was right. They both were right about everything. I knew that even though this was officially my first day here, that something bad was going to happen soon and nobody even knew about it. Leona needed to be stopped and she needed to be stopped right away before anyone else got hurt.

I sighed. "Fine. I'm in, but what do we do?"


Emily smiled. "How about you leave that part up to me, sis."
She's a... a... Vampire?

Emily and I waited patiently in the small office-looking room that belonged to Leona. All we knew was that Leona wanted to talk to us and that we were supposed to come down here quickly so that she could. There was no denying that I was afraid of her, because inside I kind of was but no matter how much she freaked me out, I was still prepared to go along with the plan that Emily came up with.

The door to the office suddenly opened; revealing Leona's devilish looking grin. She closed the door behind her and walked to her wooden desk. While still grinning; she slowly sat down on the chair. Looking at her face, I could see that she was remarkably beautiful in a way that was different from all other beauty. Her skin was naturally smooth and her eyes were beady little things, she really looked young.


She smiled. "I was planning on talking to the both of you at Awakenings, but as you could see, I had something serious to deal with at the time."


I exchanged a glance with Emily and then brought my attention back to Leona.


"I'm very sorry you had to see that on your first day here. I hope you don't get the wrong impression of this school because not everyday is like that. We are all actually one big family here, you'll see." She said.


I wouldn't exactly use the word "family" to describe the people at this school, especially Leona. She went on talking about how we're going to have a good time staying here and how she cares about everyone at this school and crap like that. I could practically see the fakeness all over her. I couldn't help but look at her and see the horrible person that she really was.

"Well I won't keep you guys any longer, it’s almost time for dinner." she stood up from her chair and walked over to the door.

She held the door open for us and waited for us to stand up from our seats. Me and Emily quickly walked out of her office and headed to the cafeteria.


"She is purely evil." Emily said, once we were out of Leona's sight.


"I know. What time are we starting?" I wondered.


"At midnight, as soon as everyone is asleep."


I sighed. "Are you sure this will work?"


"Absolutely." she told me.


We walked down the hallway and made our way to the cafeteria where everybody was already eating. I saw Allie sitting at one of the tables, talking to two other people. One of them was a girl who had short blonde hair with light waves in them and another was a guy who had dark brown hair and was wearing shades? Well, that's weird.


"I'm going to go get something to eat, are you coming?" Emily asked.


I shook my head. "No, I'm fine."


She shrugged and then made her way to the front of the cafeteria. I walked over to the table where Allie was sitting and sat down next to her.


"Hey." She greeted, "Guys, this is Crystal. Crystal, this is Chase and Miranda."


"Hi." I said as I waved at them, and they did the same.


Allie sighed. "So, hopefully our plan will work out and we can take down Leona once and for all." she whispered.

I glanced at Chase and Miranda and then back at Allie. "I can't believe you told them."


She quickly flashed me an apologetic look. Was she crazy or what? What part of a "secret" didn't she understand? Allie was going to get us all killed and it was only a matter of time before Leona figured out what we all were up to.


Miranda rolled her eyes. "Are you kidding? Chase and I have been working on this for as long as I could remember. We know more than the both of you do about this school. Anthony wasn't the only one looking into stuff; half of the school was as well. Anthony was just stupid enough to confess to it."


"He saved your butts. Leona was going to punish all of us." I told her.

She laughed. "Leona was bluffing."


I couldn't believe she was joking about this as if it all was one big game. How could they let Anthony take the fall for something he didn't do by himself? I was beginning to think that maybe this wasn't a good idea after all.


"What did I miss?" Emily sat down with a tray full of food at the table. She stopped smiling when she seen the looks on everybody's faces.


"And this is Emily, the perky twin." Allie said.


Emily rolled her eyes. "Whatever. Nice to meet you guys." she said to Chase and Miranda.


I pushed back my chair and stood up from my seat.


"Where are you going?" Allie wondered.


"I'm just going the bathroom, I'll be right back." I told them.


I quickly walked out of the cafeteria and headed down the hallway. All I needed was to get some air and clear my head. What was happening to me? I was turning into this complete different person who I didn't recognize at all. I walked into the girl’s bathroom and went into one of the stalls. I flushed the toilet when I was finished using it and walked out of the stall. I paused when I heard the sound of voices coming towards the bathroom, voices that belonged to Leona. I rushed back into the stall and locked the door. I sat on the back end of the toilet and propped my legs up.


The sound of foot steps entered the bathroom at once. I peeped through the crack to see who else it was that was with Leona. I didn't recognize the face but I knew it was a girl by the sound of her voice.


"I'm so very sorry to do this April, but I'm afraid it's my lunch time to." I heard Leona say.


What was she talking about? I squinted my eyes a little more to see what was going on. I could see Leona standing in front of the girl who she was talking to. I could tell that something was wrong.


"Hold still dear." Leona muttered.


She suddenly grabbed on to the girl shoulders and pulled her closer to her. She then lowered her head down towards the girl's neck. I was confused as to what was happening. What was Leona doing? It wasn't long before her head came back up and she let out a breath. It was then when Leona moved away from in front of the girl, that I could see what had happened. I gasped and quickly covered my mouth so that she wouldn't hear me. I could see blood pouring out of the girl’s neck in an instant. Leona turned around, revealing the blood that covered her face and stained her teeth. She wiped her mouth and then laughed to her self. I couldn't believe it. Leona was actually... a vampire? Do they even exist?


She grabbed a napkin and wiped the blood from the girl’s neck.

"It'll heal." she said and then looked the girl in the eye. "You tell no one of this."


The girl nodded. I watched as Leona removed the napkin from the girl's neck and threw it away in the trash. It was impossible. The girl's wound did heal in fact. There was no scar at all or blood rushing down her neck anymore, Leona had to do some kind of magic. I swallowed. This was way too